Which Version of Vista?
I’m looking at a flyer for Best Buy. The second page has an ad for 8 versions of Microsoft Windows Vista:
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Home Basic Upgrade
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Home Premium Upgrade
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Business Upgrade
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Windows Vista Ultimate Upgrade
The following page has an ad for no fewer than 5 versions of Office 2007. Does anyone find this ridiculous? Baffling?
Unfortunately the saying “simple sells” doesn’t apply to Microsoft. Millions of minions will shuffle over to Best Buy and spend an hour trying to figure out which version of Vista to purchase.
This cartoon sums up my feelings on the stupidity of Microsoft’s marketing department.
If you have a Macintosh you have one choice when it comes to purchasing an operating system from Apple — Mac OS X Tiger. Simple.
That’s not even the funny part. The funny part is that Windows Vista Home Basic costs about the same as the ultimate version of, er, I mean the only version of Mac OS X Tiger.
Stumble It!Posted in OS X Software at 11:43 PM
Comments
How about the version that works? Oh, that would be “none.” Sorry.
Have you been reading Accordion Guy’s entries about Vista, and his demo Ferrari laptop?
Posted by: Paul on January 30, 2007 9:40 AM
Just had a look at Joey’s Vista reviews. Funny stuff. I noticed that all of the screenshots he had posted are gone. I wonder if Microsoft made him take them down?
Posted by: Jay Kerr on January 30, 2007 1:26 PM
I’ll take the Mac OSX version.
Posted by: Shiz on February 13, 2007 4:04 PM
